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On a Grand Tour...

Have you ever heard of a Grand Tour?

Wikipedia has a full description, but I'll just give you a few lines:  "The Grand Tour was the traditional trip of Europe undertaken by mainly upper-class European young men of means…The primary value of the Grand Tour, it was believed, laid in the exposure both to the cultural legacy of classical antiquity and the Renaissance, and to the aristocratic and fashionably polite society of the European continent."

Sounds intriguing, doesn't it?

photograph credit here

So, when you wonder why I haven't posted to my blog in forever, just imagine I'm on a Grand Tour. That sounds much more exciting than I-got-a-demanding-new-job, and sadly, I'm-not-very-interested-in-my-art-or-my-blog-lately.

As far as the winner of the November challenge...They all won! I am sending the French Dictionary Collection to each of the artists who entered. I am missing emails for 3 of the artists who entered, so if you entered but haven't been contacted, just send me an email at greenpaperpack@aol.com and I'll get your collection to you.

I plan to keep my Etsy shop open as I sell off some of my extras and things I know I really won't use again, so feel free to stop in from time to time to see if there's anything new.

And, of course, Classes and Images are available in the e-store, as always. If you've read this far, I have a bonus for you - 50% off anything and everything in the e-store. Just use the discount code grandtour (all one word). The offer's good through January 15th.

I hope you're well, and that you're enjoying your art. Have a wonderful Holiday season!

Just a Few Hours Left!

There are just a few hours left in the August Collage Challenge. If you haven't posted your entry yet, you have until midnight CST.  If you don't have a location on the web, just email your image to me and I'll post it for you. I don't want anyone to miss out. (although visiting everybody is part of the fun)

My de-stashing continues. If you like trade cards, you might like some of the ephemera packages being listed... 

Stop by my Etsy shop to see what's available. 

Recent Books from my De-Stash

Well, I warned you that de-stashing was beginning! 

I've been listing a lot of the old pictures and paper around here, but this weekend I started in on some of the more recent things - books and periodicals from my collection of educational and inspirational materials. 

There's still plenty more vintage stuff coming, if that's your cup of tea, but I wanted to get at least some of the books started...Here are pictures of the ones I have posted so far...

 

They're all in my Etsy shop if you want to get a look.

Thanks!

Collage Sheets and Book Covers...

A few exclusives in the Etsy shop...

If you'd rather get some actual collage sheets, rather than digital, I have some in my Etsy store. These are duplicates of the ones I have made for myself - professionally printed on light weight cardstock. I just plain have too  many right now, so I'm sharing.

I have a set of 13 from the catalog collection:

 
And a set of 14 from the Baby's Bouquet:

 As I mentioned before, I am trying to de-stash...so you may see some quirky things coming to the shop. Speaking of which...

A set of 6 vintage and antique book covers - just the covers mind you - these are great for turning into journals or gluebooks, assemblages or whatever. Each of the covers is pretty, a couple are just plain gorgeous.

 Thanks for checking out the store, I am trying to get it stocked back up, so bear with me!

Finally More in the Etsy Shop...

Finally some paper and treats available in the Etsy shop! I am determined (yet again) to pare down my collections! Here's a glimpse at some of the new stuff:

One lot of ALL of these snapshots! There are about 190 in this lot, and it's the only one I have available. It ships in the US for free:

 
A very cool old album cover - yep, just the cover, ready to be converted into a book or wall hanging. For a fun bonus, the inside back was decorated with victorian calling cards:

 
Paper assortments are back - yay!

 

Little paper fortunes - great accents and messages!

 
Assortments of 100 game cards, that should keep you busy!

 
 
I found a few more of those Farmers Exchange order forms, so I'm sharing:

Pretty album pages:

 
The poetry pages I've been using in my gluebook - they're here too:

 
There's more in the shop that I haven't shown, so stop by and take a look if you have a minute.

And more coming as I clear off the desk...and the boxes...and the closet. Wish me luck.

New Etsy Listings...

In case you're shopping on Etsy today, I have some new listings in my shop, like Vintage Book Cover journals, old CDV pictures and some collage sheets. I've also reactivated a few old favorites, some are limited, others one-of-a-kind. Here are a few pictures, you can view everything I have available HERE.

 
 
  
 

 
I hope you'll take a moment to stop by!

What do YOU want...

It's that time of year... to force yourself to give a true answer when someone says, "what do you want?"

This year, I seem to have loads of ideas.

Right now, you're probably buying for others, making gifts for others, adding more and more activities and responsibilities, taking less and less precious 'me' time. 

   
Mixed Media supplies on Etsy

Be nice to yourself! Make a little list of the things you want (with assorted prices!) and actually pass it on when someone says..."what do you want this year?"

 

online clubs and classes

...And, are you looking for something quick,easy and affordable to make for others? Maybe more than one? How about a calendar for next year? The 1927 Postcard calendar is just $5 and the days and dates match 2011... Print the pages on some cardstock and then use any binding tool you might have, or just pop some rings into them.  Maybe a ribbon and you're all done.

 

By the way....the thankful images sale is going on through this week, so you still have a bit of time left to get some bargains!

Found Objects

Don't you see that term - found object - and ask yourself, what in the world are found objects? I think they're little vintage bits and pieces of paper ephemera, game pieces, numbers or letters, tags, little toys, etc...they're the things that people use in art which make you say. "where do I find THAT?"

I always think of found objects as obscure, unusual and maybe just plain hard to find.

Anyway, I came across some fun new things, plus a few of my old favorites. I also went through my stash of bits and pieces, then I listed these terrific found items in my Etsy shop. 

These run the gamut from rare things I've only spotted a couple times all the way through to vintage pieces I've collected that look really old and distressed!  

But, if you're like me and you love the odd, unusual, distressed and shabby...well, I have some things you may like. Please stop by my Etsy shop if you'd like to take a look at all of the found objects I found...

 

New Ephemera Book and Download Collection

I've been catching up on some to-do's, including some I promised a few of you a while back. 

Quite possibly the nicest Ephemera/Gluebook Kit I've ever compiled is available right now. The pages in this one are amazing.

 

 

See more pictures in the Etsy listing HERE.

For those of you who like to use the real thing, a few genuine Logomachy card sets are available right now too.

 

The Bible Verse Calendar is finally scanned and compiled for online delivery. I've included all of the months as jpegs plus 6 PDFs already prepared. Print the PDFs, cut them out, add ribbon and you have an instant desk calendar. You won't have to adjust sizes.

You can buy it on Etsy and I'll email it to you, or buy through my e-store if you like immediate delivery.

 

And I got smart and made the Your Vintage Gluebook online class available on Etsy for the first time, in case you prefer to shop there.  I created a couple new pics for the Etsy listing, so I'm showing them here too:

 

I think that's it for now! Thanks for checking out my offerings!

Ephemera Book, Journal, Gluebook, Whatever...

I've been making ephemera book kits this weekend, I haven't done that in a long time! 

I recently had some questions about using these kits to make gluebooks. This time I added even more papers, especially the kind I use in my own gluebooks, like pages from French dictionaries, old readers, travel books , etc.   

 Here are all the kits, all ready to go: 

 

 Three are listed on Etsy so far.

  I'm planning to have the other two listed by tomorrow. The link to all of the book kits is HERE.